Page, WV
How exposed is Page to wildfire?
USFS scores Page at the 86th national percentile for wildfire risk to structures (in USFS's highest wildfire-risk band nationally), a figure built from 142 real buildings rather than raw vegetation cover. (Source: USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities methodology.)
USFS's separate burn-probability score — fire likelihood alone, before counting what's built there — puts Page at the 89th percentile, close to its 86th-percentile risk score.
Where Page's buildings actually sit
142 buildings are counted in Page, and 50.7% of them sit in USFS's Direct exposure zone — flame contact, not just ember cast, is the live possibility for most of them, against 0% rated Minimal.
Where Page ranks
Page's risk sits at a similar level relative to West Virginia (75th percentile statewide) as it does nationally (86th) — this place isn't unusual for its own state either way. Among the 31,521 US communities USFS scores, Page ranks 4,366 for wildfire risk (1 is highest) and 27,229 by building count (1 is largest). Within West Virginia alone, it ranks 111 of 429 places by risk. See the full county-by-county picture for West Virginia on its state page.
What this risk score means for insurance
Page's very high rating (86th percentile) puts it among the places where the national carrier-pullback trend is most relevant — not a guarantee of a coverage problem, but a reason to shop rather than assume.
Lowering exposure, not just insuring around it
Because Direct exposure dominates in Page (50.7%), the highest-leverage fix is defensible space, not roofing or vents alone — covered in the home-hardening guide.
More on how this number was built
Every one of the two percentiles behind Page's 4,366-place national rank traces to USFS's Wildfire Risk to Communities dataset — see the methodology guide. For more on what direct exposure implies beyond Page, see the exposure-zones guide.